Full spectrum through entire growth, or narrow spectrum and stage growth?

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Meeches3

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What is the best method to creating potent bud?
1) Full spectrum lighting from like 2700k-6500k throughout the entire process?
2) Staged spectrum lights: Cloning? Veg? Flower?
3) What about the possibility of taking this even deeper and sweeping the spectrum during of the stages from high to low or low to high?


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dimebong

dimebong

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Alot of people mix it up by adding some 6500k cfl's to their flower room. Interested as well.
 
fattiemcnuggins

fattiemcnuggins

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Not sure it does much in veg. I think the pretty common consensus is it increases resin/terpenes if used in flower. But yield is slightly less than if you go all hps. Now I just use the bluer hps bulbs. kinda splits the difference imo
 
bhandari1

bhandari1

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Im doin a 1:1 ratio grow of 2700k and 6500k bulbs (all CFLs), and I'm bout to harvest one of my plants in about a week...you can see my grow in my sig, but I think mixing specs is a good idea in 12/12 light! When vegging I only use 6500k bulbs. I feel like most people flower mostly with 2700k bulbs, and usually add a few 6500k bulbs in to the mix, like a 3:1 ratio of 2700k to 6500k
 
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Meeches3

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bhandari1 said:
Im doin a 1:1 ratio grow of 2700k and 6500k bulbs (all CFLs), and I'm bout to harvest one of my plants in about a week...you can see my grow in my sig, but I think mixing specs is a good idea in 12/12 light! When vegging I only use 6500k bulbs. I feel like most people flower mostly with 2700k bulbs, and usually add a few 6500k bulbs in to the mix, like a 3:1 ratio of 2700k to 6500k
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Yeah i'm curious about this and might give it a few tries.
 
hyroot

hyroot

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Full spectrum is best. Plants respond better to a wide spectrum. 5000k for clones n veg. Then in flower 20% 660nm red. 20% 630nm red. 40% 2700k warm white and 20% 4200k neutral white. Plants pull and utilize what they need at what ever stage they are at. Like the sun
 
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